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Frank Cammuso's "Misadventures of Salem Hyde" named one of Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2013

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The School Library Journal has named "The Misadventures of Salem Hyde: Spelling Trouble," by Frank Cammuso, as one of its Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2013. Cammuso is a Syracuse cartoonist and writer of several books.
(Michelle Gabel | mgabel@syracuse.com)

Librarians at schools and public libraries consult with the SLJ for guidance in selecting books. The Good Comics for Kids bloggers made the SLJ selection. Here is the verdict on "The Misadventures of Salem Hyde" (Amulet Books):

The creator of "The Knights of the Lunch Table" (Scholastic, 2011) brings his kinetic storytelling style to the story of a bumbling witch who can't quite get her spells right--and the haughty companion cat who is assigned to help her. This is slapstick humor in the vein of the "Lunch Lady" books, and its snappy pace and cartoony illustrations should appeal to the same age group.

Cammuso, who calls Syracuse home, was a political cartoonist at the Syracuse Post-Standard for 25 years. He is the creator of several graphic novels, including "Knights of the Lunch Table" series, "Otto's Orange Day" and "Max Hamm Fairy Tale Detective."